Dana Point City Councilors Aug. 25 canceled the elections for Districts 1, 2, and 3 and appointed three candidates who were running unopposed in the General Election. On Dec. 13, Planning Commissioner John Gabbard will be sworn into office for District 1, Matthew Pagano for District 2, and current District 3 Councilman Jamey Federico will…

The San Juan Capistrano City Council voted unanimously Aug. 24 to reinstate two city councilmen this December after the end of their terms, without a vote from residents. Councilmen Troy Bourne of District 2 and John Taylor of District 4 will remain in office for another four years as they were running unopposed for the…

FRANKFURT—Germany’s Green Party’s chancellor candidate said the European Union should impose tougher barriers for Chinese imports to prevent dumping and poor environmental standards. “We have to uphold standards when there is dumping in other world regions,” Greens candidate Annalena Baerbock told Sunday paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung in an interview. “This could for instance take the…

As COVID-19 restrictions ease, members of an initiative to reject affirmative action in California gathered to celebrate their November victory fighting race-based preferences in the public sector. Proposition 16 would have allowed diversity to factor into public employment, education, and contracting decisions by amending the California Constitution to remove the current ban on affirmative action that prohibits the consideration of race, sex, ethnicity, and gender by…

More members of Congress are joining the bid to challenge electoral college results, the 117th U.S. Congress is sworn in, and a growing network of intelligence, military and law enforcement professionals are joining an investigation into the 2020 general election.